On the occasion of longevity, singing and dancing are leveled.

The most important ceremonial activities in the palace have been carried out in an orderly manner since the dawn, the civil and military officials wear python robes to make up for the emperor's birthday according to the system, and the slaughter is prohibited during the local longevity festival, ignoring the name of the punishment, in order to accumulate blessings and do good deeds to celebrate the birthday. Craftsmen use colorful paintings, cloth, etc. to package the streets in a gorgeous and colorful way, local officials, set up incense cases, and perform three kneeling, nine bows and six solemn salutes in the direction of the capital.

The Taihe Palace, which has always been solemn and quiet, is rarely present a joyful and peaceful atmosphere.

Only here only the emperor ascends the throne, canonizes the queen, the emperor and queen get married, and at the time of the longevity festival, it will be spread out from the Daqing Gate to the full palace on the dragon and phoenix Yi pattern hundred flowers engraved with the brocade group color red wool felt, floating cui liudan, and the afterglow becomes Qi. The Ruyi dragon pattern carved on the floor of the stone white jade is in pairs, which sets off the brightness of the red wool felt. On both sides of the road leading to the Taihe Palace, the military generals led the horses to stand according to the ranks, showing the tiger and leopard, the horse was draped in gold armor, the neck was tied with red silk, and the golden glazed tiles of the imperial city reflected the floating light blended together, with the change of perspective like a jumping gold, the Taihe Hall hung red silk.

The civil servants were naturally indispensable for chanting poems, but fortunately they all did their homework in advance.

The east side of the square is interspersed with colorful walls and color corridors, song platforms, and dragon sheds. A strip of colored silk is pulled down from the top of the Taihe Palace, intertwined into a longevity character, and the sunlight shines down from the gaps in the colored silk, like the Buddha's light irradiating. The emperor sat on the first chair, he frowned, straightened his neck, and tried to look into the distance, the old eyes were not neat, the eyes were gray and white, and they became more and more blurred, and he could only vaguely see the red, red, green and green pictures that were not real.

He Shen saw it clearly, his eyes were fast, and he came to the emperor, and he slowly helped the emperor up, "Master, look, in the distance, you see, that is the words longevity without borders, that, Hongfu Qitian, and that, the years are evergreen." The emperor walked out, but when he saw that the sun was bright and clear, and the clouds and shadows were on the stones, like the light of the Buddha, his joy was overflowing.

"Heshen, is the Buddha's light shining and wishing me a birthday?"

"My lord, you said it is the Buddha's light, it is the Buddha's light, and even the Buddha's master has come to your old man's birthday and pray for blessings!" He Shen obeyed the emperor's wishes, and the scenery of this palace was very sacred because of the auspicious signs everywhere, and he was rewarded well, and because he saw the Buddha's light, he ordered people to go to the Lama Temple to pray for blessings.

The birthday gift is also chic and surprising, Jiayao Qinglian Guanyin bottle, Qingyun red dragon Baoyue bottle, Jiayao blue and white beast face double ring bottle, Dongqing arch flower gold Duoxi box, Ji Qing gold Yangcai Duoxi bottle, imitation green gilt double happiness bottle, Yangcai crane deer Ruyi bottle, imitation enamel sea house to add chips round box; Yangcai Wanfu longevity exquisite incense tube, countless, most of them enter in pairs, nine pairs for one entry, the emperor turns the bowl full of bowls,.

"The prosperous era is peaceful, the Son of Heaven has longevity, auspicious omen, and the time is right" With the call of the time-signaling minion, the three-meter-long leather whip was waved in the air, and finally swept down the ground, making a thunderclap-like sound, which was terrifying and unstoppable.

Then the drums beat loudly and deafeningly.

The princes and princes congratulated the emperor on his birthday, accompanied the old emperor to compose poems, drink, shoot pots, race horses, listen to plays, a scene down, the emperor was also very tired, he gave a feast to the ministers and Qiansuo, the grand ceremony came to an end temporarily in the noisy days of gongs and drums, the emperor sympathized with the ministers, and connected the rest of the Wanshou Festival with the Mid-Autumn Festival of the month, and took a three-day vacation.

On the afternoon of August 13, a family banquet was held in the Qianqing Palace, and the main people who came to attend were the concubines and princes, but there were a few more officials and women.

Beauty offering tea, four dried fruits, four dumplings, four pickles, seven appetizers, one soup, five imperial dishes, two barbecue dishes, one porridge, one fruit, farewell tea, these are just the names of ordinary dishes, in the eyes of the royal family, they are just the usual use, in the end they are prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The emperor had many concubines in his life and lived a long life, and most of the old people in Qiandi ran out of oil twenty years ago and left him first. Now he is accompanied by only the newly selected concubines later, and the most powerful of them are Ying Guifei Balin Yiyun and Chun Concubine Wang.

Although Balin's age is over the age of sixties, but the maintenance is proper, although the skin is saggy, but the eyes under the eyebrows of Yu Yu are spiritual, kind and majestic, like a jar of old wine, intriguing. She wears a single robe of fragrant color yarn and eight groups of happy encounters, hanging a coral pearl, and the butterflies and bees on her head are like butterflies and bees among the flowers, the emerald blue is gorgeous, and the gold edge is dazzling, and the colors are colorful, the sitting posture is elegant, and the eyes are bright.

"Sister Ying Guifei, it's all here, why hasn't the emperor come yet? These buddies are all here. Qing Guifei asked with a suspicious face, her appearance is not outstanding, but gentle and lovely, can sing good tunes, and now the emperor still likes her to play the pipa, every time she listens to it, she is sad and sad, just because she thinks of Emperor Huixian's concubine, heaven and man are forever separated, it is difficult to stay together, and the sky is long Sauvignon Blanc.

"Perhaps, the morning celebration is tiring, this will stop in the Heart Cultivation Palace, what kind of birthday gift did my sister prepare this time?"

But seeing that Wang Shi took out a satin quilt embroidered with rags, and applied the words "longevity without borders" in the middle, "I thought, the former courtiers must be gold, silver and stoneware, and the outer fan must also be spices and skins, and I am not rich, and all the income is sent back to the home, so I can only express my heart, and order someone to make this Baifu longevity quilt among the people, to send it to the emperor, and wish him a long life." ”

"My sister has a heart, and this palace is not as good as my sister, so I won't let my sister laugh ugly at this palace." Balin smiled faintly and made a gesture to cover up the embarrassment that things were not as good as people.

After waiting anxiously for a while, they saw the emperor coming, and everyone shouted long live, wishing the emperor a long life.

"The emperor is late! You have to punish a glass of wine" Concubine Chun said with a smile, holding a glass of aged grain brewed with gold silk and blue dragon pattern enamel and walked towards the dragon seat, she was very favored, the youngest, the emperor smiled and frowned, and drank it all, this wine is sweet and mellow, rare in the world!

After three rounds of drinking, all the guests were happy. That's when the dedication began.

Balin stood up, only to see the palace maid presented a wooden plate covered with a big red gold silk silk longevity word silk, I don't know what is in the wooden plate, so mysterious, the emperor lifted the silk cover, and smiled. But see a piece of cloth embroidered, colorful satin quilt, in the middle of the words longevity boundless, it was Zhang Biqing Guifei Wang's more beautiful and beautiful Baifu longevity quilt, there are a hundred different fonts on the front and back of the "Fu" and "Shou", Balin stood up, "The concubine thinks, the emperor is rich all over the world, gold and silver beads, may not be able to bring joy, so he ordered someone to make this quilt, I wish the emperor you, holy bow longevity." ”

"The concubine has a heart, and I am very happy" The emperor was overjoyed, and ordered someone to give seven appetizers, one soup and five imperial dishes.

The smile on Wang's face froze, looking surprised, slowly like an active volcano, gradually extinguished, she definitely didn't expect that the birthday gift prepared by the Balin clan was the same as hers, the emperor can only remember the most innovative things, this glory will no longer belong to her, she raised her glass, "Ying Guifei Niangniang, concubine toasts you." The corners of his mouth are a touch of forbearance and laughter, let's see!!

"Sister, in the end, is a sister, not like the palace has a heart" At this time, the Balin clan is more like a phoenix, stretching his phoenix, with a radiant and majestic look. It's the same as the birthday gift of the main palace, I think you can make any other flowers? The Balin clan smiled at everyone, with a trace of contempt in his eyes, "I don't know what treasures my sister has brought to the emperor, so I will present it quickly and let everyone open their eyes." ”

Wang was not in a hurry, let the maid present, and said, "The concubine is not talented, Sister Ying Guifei made a hundred blessings and longevity quilts for the emperor, I heard that the blessing of longevity into pairs is a good intention, and the concubines also ordered someone to make the same quilt, hoping that the emperor will be blessed and longevity." ”

The emperor stroked his beard, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Well, well, it's all good, I feel the hearts of all of you!" However, if it is strange, it is still Yongyan's birthday gift, so let's take a look!"

But seeing Yongyan presenting a piece of watermelon, "Erchen invites Huang Ama to eat watermelon!" At this time, the watermelon has long been out of fruit, even if it is transported from the south, it is difficult to store, how can there be such a red soil and green skin of the black seed watermelon, everyone covets it. The emperor also wants to see what is greasy! When he picked up the watermelon, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Such a strange stone!" There are few in the world. I only heard that Xiao Fifteen transported watermelons from the south, but I didn't think it would be so true and difficult to distinguish between true and false. ”

The emperor was overjoyed, and he was overjoyed, and he was more amazing and curious when it was a watermelon.

"Emperor Ama, this strange stone is ordered by the ministers to find it in the four seas, thinking that the emperor Ama will like it, this is the formation of the emperor's jade tourmaline, I wish the emperor Ama a long life without borders to embrace the world, and enjoy the rivers and mountains in the sky." Yongyan bowed his hand to bless.

"Okay, I'm very happy, let's give food, let's eat and drink well, and we won't be happy." The Emperor said.

When the emperor rose, he drank several glasses of wine, and his face was full of peach-colored soundness, so he shirked his words and left the table first.

"Sister, it seems that this is very sacred, and the beauty of a good day is our mother and son after all." Qing Guifei sneered.

"This palace has lived in simplicity for many years, but I have never seen a person as wise as you, my sister lost, convinced, but who wants the end of the story? Come on, it's time for this palace to go, I don't have time to accompany you to chew your tongue" Balin left angrily.

"Congratulations" looked around, they were all dispersed, and Concubine Qing also left the table.

In a few days, through the red wall, the rest of the day is thin in the West Mountain, the shadows of the trees are mottled, but the monkey still calls from time to time, the emperor ordered someone to stick to the monkey, making the already scorching and hot late summer a little more quiet and far-reaching.

The emperor ordered Heshen to collect the valuable gifts, and the rest were scattered in the six palaces, and some were given to Prince Jia, and Chiyo got six pieces of cloth, and the prince praised the one who gave her to cut clothes, but he heard that there were eight horses in Chang Fujin and six horses in Liu Jia's family, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart